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POST MEETING REPORT 1. Meeting Number: IAU Symposium 278 2. Meeting Title: Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy: Building Bridges between Cultures (Ninth “Oxford” International Symposium on Archaeoastronomy) 3. Co-ordinating Division: Division XII 4. Dedication of meeting None 5. Location Lima, Peru 6. Dates of meeting: Jan 5–14, 2011 7. Number of participants: 120 8. List of represented Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Col- countries: ombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Peru, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, UK, USA 9. Report submitted by: Clive Ruggles 10. Date and place: Leicester, Feb 7, 2011 11. Signature of SOC Chair: ATTACHED DOCUMENTS APPENDIX I — Final scientific programme APPENDIX II — List of participants APPENDIX III — List of recipients of IAU grants ***NB The receipts signed by the recipients of IAU Grants were sent by post on Feb 2, 2011 APPENDIX IV — Brief report to the Executive Committee An on-line form has been submitted for "Women in Astronomy" statistics. “OXFORD IX” IAU SYMPOSIUM 278 NINTH “OXFORD” INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ARCHAEOASTRONOMY NOVENO SIMPOSIO INTERNACIONAL “OXFORD” SOBRE ARQUEOASTRONOMÍA NONO SIMPÓSIO INTERNACIONAL “OXFORD” SOBRE ARQUEOASTRONOMIA Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy: Building Bridges between Cultures Arqueoastronomía y Etnoastronomía: Construyendo Puentes entre Culturas Arqueoastronomia e Etnoastronomia: Construindo Pontes entre Culturas LIMA, PERÚ, 2011 — 2 — PROGRAMME PROGRAMA Sunrise at Chankillo. © Ivan Ghezzi — 3 — OVERALL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Tuesday, January 4 Time Event Venue* 14:00–18:00 Registration desk open CCPB Wednesday, January 5 08:00–17:30 Registration desk open CCPB 09:00–10:45 MAIN CONFERENCE OPENING SESSION CCPB 10:45–11:30 Coffee and posters CCPB 11:30–13:00 MAIN CONFERENCE SESSION CCPB 13:00–15:00 Lunch 15:00–16:45 MAIN CONFERENCE SESSION CCPB 16:45–17:15 Coffee and posters CCPB 17:15–19:00 MAIN CONFERENCE SESSION CCPB 20:00– Welcoming reception at the CCPB (accompanying people welcome) CCPB Thursday, January 6 08:30–17:30 Registration desk open CCPB 09:00–10:45 MAIN CONFERENCE SESSION CCPB 10:45–11:15 Coffee and posters CCPB 11:30–13:00 MAIN CONFERENCE SESSION CCPB 13:00–15:00 Lunch 15:00–16:45 MAIN CONFERENCE SESSION CCPB 16:45–17:15 Coffee and posters CCPB 17:15–19:00 MAIN CONFERENCE SESSION CCPB 20:00 Welcoming reception at the PUCP (accompanying people welcome) CCPU 21:00 Public lecture by Gary Urton (see page 9) CCPU *Venues: CCPB Centro Cultural Peruano Británico, Bellavista 531, Miraflores CAPC Casa Andina Private Collection hotel, Av. La Paz 463, Miraflores. See conference website for map CCPU: Centro Cultural of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Av. Camino Real 1075, San Isidro PUCP : Main campus of the PUCP, Av. Universitaria 1801, San Miguel. Building H, Rooms 103/104/205 RHP: Restaurant Huaca Pucllana, General Borgoño Cdra. 8, Miraflores — 4 — Friday, January 7 Time Event Venue* 08:30–11:00 Registration desk open CCPB 09:00–10:30 MAIN CONFERENCE SESSION CCPB 10:30–11:00 Coffee CCPB 11:00–19:00 Excurssion to Puruchuco 20:00– Folklore event CCPB Saturday, January 8 08:30–17:30 Registration desk open CCPB 09:00–10:30 MAIN CONFERENCE SESSION CCPB 10:30–11:00 Coffee and posters CCPB 11:00–13:00 MAIN CONFERENCE SESSION CCPB 13:00–15:00 Lunch 15:00–16:30 MAIN CONFERENCE SESSION CCPB 16:30–17:00 Coffee and posters CCPB 17:00–19:00 MAIN CONFERENCE SESSION CCPB 20:00– Conference banquet RHP Sunday, January 9 08:30–17:30 Registration desk open CCPB 09:00–10:45 MAIN CONFERENCE SESSION CCPB 10:45–11:15 Coffee and posters CCPB 11:15–13:00 MAIN CONFERENCE SESSION CCPB 13:00–15:00 Lunch 15:00–16:15 MAIN CONFERENCE SESSION CCPB 16:15–16:45 Coffee and posters CCPB 16:45–19:00 MAIN CONFERENCE CLOSING SESSION CCPB 19:00–22.00 Reception and cocktail provided by the Instituto Peruano de Astronomía CAPC Monday, January 10 – Tuesday, January 11 EXCURSION TO THE CASMA AREA *Venues: see page 3 — 5 — Wednesday, January 12 Time Event Venue* 08:30–17:30 Registration desk open PUCP 09:00–10:30 INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP PUCP 10:30–11:00 Coffee and posters PUCP 11:00–13:00 REGIONAL MEETING SESSION PUCP 13:00–15:00 Lunch 15:00–16:00 REGIONAL MEETING SESSION PUCP 16:00–16:30 Coffee and posters PUCP 16:30–18:30 REGIONAL MEETING SESSION PUCP Thursday, January 13 08:30–17:30 Registration desk open PUCP 09:00–10:30 INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP PUCP 10:30–11:00 Coffee and posters PUCP 11:00–13:00 REGIONAL MEETING SESSION PUCP 13:00–15:00 Lunch 15:00–16:30 REGIONAL MEETING SESSION PUCP 16:30–17:00 Coffee and posters PUCP 17:00–18:30 REGIONAL MEETING SESSION PUCP Friday, January 14 08:30–17:30 Registration desk open PUCP 09:00–10:30 INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP PUCP 10:30–11:00 Coffee and posters PUCP 11:00–13:00 REGIONAL MEETING SESSION PUCP 13:00–15:00 Lunch 15:00–16:30 REGIONAL MEETING WORKSHOP PUCP 16:30–17:00 Coffee and posters PUCP 17:00–18:30 REGIONAL MEETING WORKSHOP PUCP Saturday, January 15 – Tuesday, January 18 POST-CONFERENCE TOUR — INCA ARCHAEOASTRONOMY *Venues: see page 3 — 6 — SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME PROGRAMA CIENTÍFICO MAIN CONFERENCE DAY 1 (WEDNESDAY JANUARY 5): 09:00–10:00 Opening Session 09:00 Welcoming address on behalf of the Anglo-Peruvian Cultural Association by Cecilia Bentín de Cruchaga, President of the Executive Council 09:15 Welcoming address on behalf of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú by Dr Efraín Gonzales de Olarte, Academic Vice-rector 09:30 Welcoming address on behalf of the International Astronomical Union by Professor Clive Ruggles, President of Commission 41 (History of Astronomy) 09:45 Welcoming address on behalf of the International Society for Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture by Dr Stanislaw Iwaniszewski, President of ISAAC Apertura 09:00 Discurso de Bienvenida en representación de la Asociación Cultural Peruano Británica por Cecilia Bentín de Cruchaga, Presidenta del Consejo Directivo del Británico 09:15 Discurso de Bienvenida en representación de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú por Dr Efraín Gonzales de Olarte, Vicerector Académico 09:30 Discurso de Bienvenida en representación de la Unión Astronómica Internacional por Profesor Clive Ruggles, Presidente de la Comisión 41 (Historia de la Astronomía) 09:45 Discurso de Bienvenida en representación de la Sociedad Internacional para la Arqueoastronomía y Astronomía Cultural por by Dr Stanislaw Iwaniszewski, Presidente de ISAAC — 7 — MAIN CONFERENCE DAY 1 (WEDNESDAY JANUARY 5): 10:00–13:00 General themes Session chair: Johanna Broda (Mexico) 10:00 Opening keynote address Pushing back the frontiers or still running around the O-1 same circles? ‘Interpretative archaeoastronomy’ thirty years on Clive Ruggles (UK) 10:45 COFFEE AND POSTERS (P–1 to P–16) 11:30 Invited keynote address The two cultures of Archaeoastronomy and the History of O-2 Science Stephen McCluskey (USA) 12:15 The sky as a social field Stanislaw Iwaniszewski (Mexico) O-3 12.45 General discussion 13:00 – 15:00 LUNCH MAIN CONFERENCE DAY 1 (WEDNESDAY JANUARY 5): 15:00–19:00 Ethnoastronomy: Case studies from South America and Australia Session chair: Stanislaw Iwaniszewski 15:00 Invited keynote address What can the study of astronomy contribute to O-4 anthropology? 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    A Thesis entitled Knotted Numbers, Mnemonics, and Narratives: Khipu Scholarship and the Search for the “Khipu Code” throughout the Twentieth and Twenty First Century by Veronica Lysaght Submitted to the Graduate Faculty as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts Degree in History ________________________________________ Charles Beatty-Medina, Committee Chair ________________________________________ Roberto Padilla, Committee Member ________________________________________ Kim Nielsen, Committee Member _______________________________________ Amanda Bryant-Friedrich, Dean College of Graduate Studies The University of Toledo July 2016 Copyright 2016, Veronica Lee Lysaght This document is copyrighted material. Under copyright law, no parts of this document may be reproduced without the expressed permission of the author. An Abstract of Knotted Numbers, Mnemonics, and Narratives: Khipu Scholarship and the Search for the “Khipu Code” throughout the Twentieth and Twenty First Century by Veronica Lysaght Submitted to the Graduate Faculty as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts Degree in History The University of Toledo July 2016 My thesis explores the works of European and North American khipu scholars (mainly anthropologists) from 1912 until 2010. I analyze how they incorporated aspects of their own culture and values into their interpretations of Inca khipus’ structure and functions. As Incas did not leave behind a written language or even clear non-written descriptions of their khipus, anthropologists interpreted khipus’ purposes with a limited base of Inca perspectives. Thus, every work of khipu literature that I study reflects both elements of Inca culture and the author’s own cultural perspectives as a twentieth or twenty-first century academic. I show how each work is indicative of modern cultural views on writing, as well as academic movements and broader social trends that were prominent during the author’s time.
  • 10. Scientific Programme 10.1

    10. Scientific Programme 10.1

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